OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Carte-de-visite of a woman in Martinique” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-06 15:36 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman

Bronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman

Artist not stated in the record · mid-5th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman in Martinique

Carte-de-visite of a woman in Martinique

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), by Edgar Degas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas · 1865

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman in a checked dress, by Unidentified

Carte-de-visite of a woman in a checked dress

Unidentified · 1860s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of Swimming Woman Holding a Dish

Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of Swimming Woman Holding a Dish

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman, by Unidentified

Carte-de-visite of a woman

Unidentified · 1860s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant

Marble grave stele of a young woman and servant

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 400–390 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman in tignon

Carte-de-visite of a woman in tignon

Artist not stated in the record · 1860s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a young woman

Carte-de-visite of a young woman

Artist not stated in the record · 1865-1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662

Public domainThe Met
Tintype in carte-de-vsite of an unidentified woman, by Unidentified

Tintype in carte-de-vsite of an unidentified woman

Unidentified · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), by Woman Painter

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Woman Painter · ca. 420–400 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a young woman in Napa, California

Carte-de-visite of a young woman in Napa, California

Artist not stated in the record · 1865-1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
[Studio Portrait: Woman Standing Wearing Shawl, Brazil], by Christiano Junior

[Studio Portrait: Woman Standing Wearing Shawl, Brazil]

Christiano Junior · 1864–66

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman in Napa, California

Carte-de-visite of a woman in Napa, California

Artist not stated in the record · 1865-1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Amulet Carved in Intaglio (Incised)

Amulet Carved in Intaglio (Incised)

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a woman in hat and cloak

Carte-de-visite of a woman in hat and cloak

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
God's Wife Tagerem, daughter of the priest Imhotep

God's Wife Tagerem, daughter of the priest Imhotep

Artist not stated in the record · 300–250 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite portrait of a young woman wearing plaid

Carte-de-visite portrait of a young woman wearing plaid

Artist not stated in the record · 1865-1888

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a woman holding a dove

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a woman holding a dove

Artist not stated in the record · mid-6th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole

MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole

Artist not stated in the record · 1908-1930

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Woman, by Lorenzo Mosca

Woman

Lorenzo Mosca · second half 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Carte-de-visite of a Black woman with a white infant in Argentina

Carte-de-visite of a Black woman with a white infant in Argentina

Artist not stated in the record · 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 9305 matched · 24 examined · 8 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 571 matched · 40 examined · 17 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-06 15:36 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.